Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various shrubs of the genus Spiraea of the rose family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers and including bridal wreath, hardhack, and meadowsweet.
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- noun Any of many
flowering shrubs , of the genusSpiraea , that have clusters of white or pink flowers - noun The unrelated
astilbe
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers
- noun a Japanese shrub that resembles members of the genus Spiraea; widely cultivated in many varieties for its dense panicles of flowers in many colors; often forced by florists for Easter blooming
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I believe both colors blend very well with the other things in bloom at the same time, flowering quince, primroses, emerging foliage of magic carpet spirea and the blue grape hyacinths.
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Hi, Evelyn: My favorite, low-maintenance, hardy plant is my blue mist spirea.
Garden Variety Adventures | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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Now, she spends her time gardening -- her meticulously maintained back yard is filled with hydrangeas, forsythia, spirea, lilacs and roses -- and attends the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan when she feels up to it.
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Now, she spends her time gardening -- her meticulously maintained back yard is filled with hydrangeas, forsythia, spirea, lilacs and roses -- and attends the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan when she feels up to it.
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Since moving here, George has learned the names of almost all the things that are growing on the land: he can point out abelia bushes, spirea, laurels.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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But the spring foliage of Magic Carpet spirea helps tie these mismatched colors together, seen in the lower right in the Limbo photo and mid left above.
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Understory growth is not luxuriant, consisting mostly of grouse whortleberry, Oregon grape, and birchleaf spirea.
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Although did see them interplanted in Toronto with a short variety of spirea.
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Lavender with another Magic Carpet spirea is attractive the whole year around.
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Jane and the daffs, hellebore and spirea look spectacular; I even admire a bit of the vinca at their feet.
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